China is rising. Will the China era come? What does an awakening Giant mean for the rest of the world? This blog will focus on these questions and introduce current economic events and politic news of China.

The number of miners trapped and feared dead after an illegal coal mine was flooded in southern China rose to 123 as rescue teams continued pumping water from the shaft in the faint hope they will be found alive.

HALIFAX (CP) - MedMira Inc. has begun a partnership with Chinese pharmaceutical firm Tianhe Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. it says will open new over-the-counter markets in China for its rapid diagnostic products.

At least 123 miners are now known to have been trapped deep underground in a flooded shaft in south China, not 102 as first reported, and they have little chance of survival, official media reported late on Tuesday.

Australia, one of the biggest exporters of uranium, said Tuesday that it would hold formal talks to start selling and shipping uranium to China, which plans to increase nuclear energy output fourfold by 2020.